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My name is [...]

My name is Jorge Washington Rodriguez "Passive Homosexual" and I believe that trying to shows myself as a gay man posting pics here in Commons, apparently all goes wrong and failed, because everything that I submit sadly is for deletion. I do not had any "Evil intention" or purposely posted my pics to "disrespect anyone in Commons" or anybody else. I would like to apologize with Commons and ask to show me how to deleting my pics. I do not have any "evil intentions" or wants purposely disrespect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jorge W Rodriguez "Passive Homosexual" (talk • contribs) 00:12, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

• Signing your posts is required on talk pages and it is a Commons policy to sign your posts on deletion requests, undeletion requests, and noticeboards. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion). Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nat (talk • contribs) 01:24, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Help in rotating an image

Hello,

I have tried the rotate template over and over (variations of it) but I am not successful with File:- panoramio (4488).jpg. What is the secret sauce? Help would be appreciated! Thanks, Krok6kola (talk) 00:03, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

• @Krok6kola: It looks correctly oriented to me; you may have a caching problem, but I doubt you want to rotate this further. - Jmabel ! talk 16:08, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

• @Jmabel: Thanks! (It rotated in the meantime, so no further rotation is needed.) Krok6kola (talk) 18:15, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

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Can I upload a logo if the official site puts it in the download section but doesn't provide any copyrights information?

On this page, the host says it's free download for the media but it does not gives any clue on the license of these images. Can I upload it to Commons? Tashi (talk) 15:35, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Hi, Tashi. If the license it's not explicit, we assume that the work it's copyrighted. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 15:45, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Ok. Thank you Ganímedes Tashi (talk) 15:48, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

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Help in uploading logo of school

I want to upload the logo of a school to its wikipedia article provided in the school website. But I'm not sure whether it would violate any copyright.
Please help me with that and please mention the correct logo format (jpg or png or any other). G C Dey (talk) 09:02, 24 September 2020 (UTC)G C Dey

• @G C Dey: Typically, unless the school has had the logo for well over a century, the logo of a school would be copyrighted and Commons would need permission of the copyright-holder. However, if the purpose of this is for an article on the English-language Wikipedia, you can handle this entirely on the English-language Wikipedia using en:Template:Non-free logo, and leave Commons out of it. - Jmabel ! talk 15:29, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

Image uploaded does not appear

Hi there. I uploaded today an image (a photograph taken a few days ago) "Kirche Maisprach,jpg" to Wikimedia Commons, using the Wizard. Image size = 2’651’919 Bytes, 3754 x 2814 px. I do not see this image anywhere now, not knowing whether the upload worked. Did I miss something in the upload process? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mac-christian (talk • contribs) 14:56, 24 September 2020‎ (UTC)

File:Kirche Maisprach.jpg --Magnus (talk) 15:19, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

@Tsungam: Search "File:Kirche_Maisprach.jpg", you'll find it. --Red-back spider (talk) 20:59, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

Why did you ping me? I'm not the one who asked the question. --Magnus (talk) 21:17, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

Pinging @Mac-christian instead.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 10:25, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Флаги/Rights

Здравствуйте! Какие флаги есть на Викискладе?
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Hello! What rights exist on Wikimedia Commons? (Yandex.Translator) Владимир Меланхолин (обс) 15:44, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

@Vova WIFI: Hi, and welcome. Please see Special:ListGroupRights.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 17:10, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! Владимир Меланхолин (обс) 17:14, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

@Vova WIFI: You're welcome!   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 17:23, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

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Improving attribution for uploaded modification of Wikimedia cricket picture

I uploaded File:Batsmen's ground example.png, which is a modified form of File:Muralitharan bowling to Adam Gilchrist.jpg. I mentioned this on the description page, but does my attribution need to be better, and/or is it allowed to modify that particular picture and upload it? GreekApple123 (talk) 19:59, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

• @GreekApple123: I've cleaned up the attribution for you; please add categories. - Jmabel ! talk 02:57, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

images

I am Dermatologist, I want to publish a handbook of clinical signs in dermatology. But need images of rare diseases, how can get the images from this site? Is permitted to copy photos and mention the source or cite the pages? Thanks. Dr. Abdullah Mancy, consultant dermatologist.

That's fine, COM:REUSE tells you how to use our images. To find the images, use the searchbox on the top right of the page with the name of the condition for which you are seeking images. Rodhullandemu (talk) 20:14, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Ugap-9.jpg

--171.97.113.154 07:25, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. The above post appears to be your first edit, perhaps you forgot to login. Logging in is required before uploading here, please do that. There are also many other reasons to create an account and log in. Also, if you already have an account what is your account name? I tagged that file for deletion, thanks for the notice.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 08:03, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

NFOX62

Why cant i upload my photo to share freely? - — Preceding unsigned comment added by NFOX62 (talk • contribs) 09:47, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

@NFOX62: Hi, and welcome. It seems you successfully uploaded File:Swim days.jpg.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 10:21, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

All uploaded by me to WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,

Alle von mir hochgeladenen Bilder, Dokumente oder Fotos von Dokumenten sind in meinem eigenen Besitz. Die Ablichtung ist von mir selbst unter Berechtigung des Autors oder der Person, die auf der Fotographie zusehen ist, vorgenommen. Ich habe darüber hinaus die Berechtigung dieses Material zu veröffentlichen. Diese Bilder sind unberechtigterweise als nicht lizensiert eingestuft worden, was nicht berechtigt ist. Ich bitte Sie schnellstmöglich die Ettiketierung zum Löschen dieses Materials zu beseitigen. Vielen Dank MfG

All uploaded data and photos are my own and has the permission to use by wikipedia documents and files. Please do not delete this matrial. Thanks With best regards

مورد توجه مدیران گرامی ویکی‌پدیا همه عکسهای بکار گرفته از طرف اینجانب متعلق به من بوده و اجازه اتتشار آنها مدتها قبل گرفته شده است .خواهشمند است بدین جهت برچسب حذف سریع را هر چه زودتر بردارید متشکرم در اینجا باید متذکر شوم که برچسب حذف سریع بدون دلیل موجه توسط یکی از کاربران شما صورت گرفته و من از این نظر آن را خرابکاری در صفحه

حسین زمردیان]] تلقی میکنم]]

— Preceding unsigned comment added by پژوهشگر تجربی (talk • contribs) 09:21, 25 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@پژوهشگر تجربی: Ich würde empfehlen, Kontakt mit dem Support-Team aufzunehmen. Das lässt sich in deutscher Sprache unter permissions-de@wikimedia.org erreichen, um die rechtlichen Fragen zu klären. Zu bedenken ist, dass der Besitz eines Dokuments nicht das zugehörige Urheberrecht impliziert. Es müssen also in jedem Fall die Rechte an dem abgebildeten Werk geklärt werden bzw. festgestellt werden, wer die einzelnen Bilder aufgenommen hat.

Alternatively you can use the email address permissions-commons@wikimedia.org if you prefer a communication in English. --AFBorchert (talk) 09:52, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

Question about images

I am practicing in my user sandbox, preparing to create a church history page. My questions:

1) Can the work I do in the sandbox easily translate to a true Wiki article for publishing, or will I have to re-create everything in an actual article page? 2) I would like to include organizational affiliation status in my Infobox. I used Template: Infobox Church, and added three fields (local affiliation, state affiliation, national affiliation). How can I ensure these fields with added information will be part of my InfoBox? 3) I read the requirements regarding uploading photos. When permission is granted from the church to use a photo and logo, in what format does Wikipedia Commons need, and where does the approval need to be submitted?

Thank you for your help. 22:20, 25 September 2020 (UTC)SCBC2940

@SCBC2940: Hi, and welcome. The reviewer who accepts your submitted article will move your sandbox to articlespace, making the cats live. Affiliation status in the infobox at that time will transfer over intact. Please note that en:Template:Infobox church does not support fields like "State Affiliation", "Local Affiliation", and "National Affiliation" (yet), so please include such information in prose. Also, please note that you shouldn't have to use that template multiple times on a page. In addition, please review en:WP:MFA and en:WP:COI. Finally, please have authorized church officials see OTRS re photos. In your signature, please link your username to your userpage or user talk page, and separate it from and precede the date and time per COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 22:30, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

Australian Commons License on image upload

I am using the Upload wizard and would prefer to use an Australian Commons License - can this be edited after upload or is there some other way of accessing it

cheers PerthDeco (talk) 04:44, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

@PerthDeco: Hi, and welcome. We only have one recommended Australia-specific Creative Commons license template, {{Cc-by-3.0-au}}. Templates {{Cc-by-4.0}} and {{Cc-by-sa-4.0}} are international and the associated deeds take Australian law into account. You may adjust your licensing shortly after uploading by editing a file description page.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 11:41, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

Civil Rights Leader/US Army Chaplain (Major)Rev. Richard Charles Boone

I have attempted to upload pictures from my personal file and from State of Alabama Archives. I have tried to write a wikipedia page for Rev. Richard C. Boone. Why is this so difficult? Is there any way to employ an expert from Wikipedia to write and set this page up. It should be a part of this media.

Please reach out to me and assist me with this feat.

Thank you,

Mary Gambles Boone The Committee to Remember the Life and Legacy of Rev. Richard C. Boone — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maryofmontgomery2 (talk • contribs) 08:15, 26 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Maryofmontgomery2: As I wrote to you on 22 August about the first photo, "[i]f you did not take the photo, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the photographer post Commons:Licensing compliant permission for such work on their website or social media presence or send the photo and permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you." That applies to each of the photos you uploaded. Where did you get them? Can you get permission from the photographers or their heirs? If not, and the subjects are deceased, once your article is in mainspace you may follow en:WP:F to upload them locally on English Wikipedia because we don't allow Fair Use here. Also, please read and follow en:WP:COI and en:WP:MFA.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 11:26, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

Wanted to replace image without losing the old one, but it didn't work as planned.

The file Alaska boroughs and census areas.svg was out of date, so I created a new version. Rather than just overwrite the old one, I renamed it to File:Alaska boroughs and census areas 2013-19.svg. Then when I tried to upload the new version, I intended to give it the same name as the old one so that all the articles would automatically have the updated map. However, it seems that I cannot do that, and the file now sits at File:Alaska boroughs and census areas.svg.svg. --Lasunncty (talk) 10:41, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

Existing redirect prevents new uploads. Ruslik0 (talk) 13:50, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

Would an Admin please help with that?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 22:57, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

Last time I acceded to a request like this I was practically torn a new hole in my body. Apparently, if I delete the redirect, it is likely that all sister-project references to that redirect will begin to be deleted. @Lasunncty: May I suggest:

• Rename the poorly named File:Alaska boroughs and census areas.svg.svg to File:Alaska boroughs and census areas 2020.svg.
• Edit the redirect at File:Alaska boroughs and census areas.svg to point to File:Alaska boroughs and census areas 2020.svg.

It is actually a cleaner solution. If/when we have to upload an update again, we just change that upload and change the redirect again. File:Alaska boroughs and census areas.svg stays cleanly a redirect to whatever is current and can be expected to change over time; the others each have a date attached and can be accessed when someone wants a specific dated version. - Jmabel ! talk 23:53, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for the suggestion. I will attempt this solution. --Lasunncty (talk) 07:23, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

(Although I will use Alaska boroughs and census areas 2019.svg since that is when this map first became effective.) --07:28, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

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I think that this question was replied to adequately based on the supplied information. If you have anything to add or a follow-up question please feel free to replace this box with your comment. This section will be archived after two days.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 10:12, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Rosinisubramani

How to upload image in Wikimedia commons?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rosinisubramani (talk • contribs) 11:26, 26 September 2020‎ (UTC)

What is clicking on COM:FS? 172.58.236.94 16:22, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

@Rosinisubramani: Hi, and welcome. COM:FS is a good place to start.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 16:58, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

pic not upload

hi

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UploadWizard&campaign=wlm-ir&id=13039&descriptionlang=fa&description=%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87+%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%81%DB%8C&lat=&lon=&categories=Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_Hamadan

can not be uplaod pic — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alireza salemian (talk • contribs) 20:19, 26 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Alireza salemian: Hi, and welcome. What error message(s) did you get? I see nothing in your filter log.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 22:55, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

I was wondering how to determine if a photo is copyrighted.

I am working on a draft for a new Wikipedia article, and I wanted to know if this photo is copyrighted. I'm pretty sure I'm in the clear because the photo was taken before 1925, but I have to be sure. Scorpions13256 (talk) 04:04, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

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@Scorpions13256: Hi, and welcome. When and where was the photo first published?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 13:21, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

If that's U.S., you're fine, just use {{PD-US-expired}}. - Jmabel ! talk 16:17, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

@Jmabel and Jeff G.: The photo was taken some time before 1924 in the United States. I am not sure when or if it was published. It has appeared on many news websites. Thanks for your help. Scorpions13256 (talk) 18:01, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

Given its nature, it would certainly have been published in the U.S. shortly after it was taken, so {{PD-US-expired}} is safe. - Jmabel ! talk 20:51, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

Awesome. Thanks again. Scorpions13256 (talk) 21:06, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

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I think that this question was replied to adequately based on the supplied information. If you have anything to add or a follow-up question please feel free to replace this box with your comment. This section will be archived after two days.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 10:10, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Grant Collins Ortho Page

Hi there,

Trying to figure out what happened to my submission. It seemed to disappear into thin air without notification or alert of any kind. Is it still in review?

Thanks for clarifying, Naomi — Preceding unsigned comment added by Naomigarnice (talk • contribs) 08:32, 28 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Naomigarnice: Hi, and welcome. You have 3 drafts: en:Draft:The Braces Guy®; en:Draft:Grant Collins; and en:Draft:Grant Collins, DDS, MS. None have been submitted. Please read en:WP:MFA, en:WP:REFB, and en:WP:COI.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 13:38, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Also, in general, you would do well to ask questions about the English-language Wikipedia on the English-language Wikipedia. This is Wikimedia Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 16:00, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Why ordinary but beautiful nature's photos and monument's photos not allowed?

Why ordinary but beautiful nature's photos and monument's photos not allowed? Mostly,Can you give us permission for sharing this with Wikipedia.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Surya Brand.H. (talk • contribs) 13:06, 28 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Surya Brand.H.: Hi, and welcome. What photos? Who is "us"?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 13:29, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

And, for that matter, "not allowed" by whom? - Jmabel ! talk 16:01, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Used images

Hello, I would have a list of pages of the Wikimedia universe which use files which I have uploaded towards Commons. Does such a tool exist and what is the URL? Thanks + Greetz --Mateus2019 (talk) 14:12, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

@Mateus2019: The pages which use your files are all listed here. Thank you for donating them.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 16:58, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Gezz, thanks! Addition: One needs to click "more details" to see the images (774 + 15,247 of my former accout "Mattes" = 16,021) :-) --Mateus2019 (talk) 19:29, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

@Mateus2019: You're welcome!   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 10:07, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

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I think that this question was replied to adequately based on the supplied information. If you have anything to add or a follow-up question please feel free to replace this box with your comment. This section will be archived after two days.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 10:07, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Category:Historical images of XXX in Taiwan

In the past two years, I have found that such people (especially users from Taiwan) to misuse "Category:Historical images of temples in Taiwan" as the category page for temples. For example, add a category tag to an already existing temple category page: special:diff/439494050. Also, the same problem also exists in the category "Historical images of shinto shrines in Taiwan" (see: special:diff/439056338). I know that different people may misuse the category "Historical images of XXX in Taiwan" for different reasons, but I hope anyone can help me how to solve this problem. In addition, they seems to be some serious misunderstandings about the use of word "image" in the title.--Kai3952 (talk) 18:26, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

• The category gives no definition of "historical", so it's anyone's guess what does or does not belong in it. - Jmabel ! talk 21:25, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
  • @Jmabel: What I said was that we should not mistake the category for an image.--Kai3952 (talk) 09:05, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

Removing my image

Hey everyone,

this person has been this image taken of me, which I never gave a model release out for. Is it possible to remove it? And how would I do it? It keeps showing up on my google search.

Please help!

this is the link and i really feel uncomfortable this is still online

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Demo_f%C3%BCr_eine_menschliche_Asylpolitik_-_89_-_Eva_Zar_(Train_of_Hope).jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.6.20.221 (talk • contribs) 22:57, 28 September 2020‎ (UTC)

• convenience link: File:Demo für eine menschliche Asylpolitik - 89 - Eva Zar (Train of Hope).jpg
• Linking User:Haeferl as uploader. - Jmabel ! talk 23:37, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Das Bild wurde bei einer öffentlichen Veranstaltung (Demonstration) aufgenommen, für die in Österreich die Panoramafreiheit gilt. Und Eva Zar hat sich selbst dort in Szene gesetzt, sie stand auf der Bühne und hielt eine Rede, wie man anhand des Mikros gut erkennen kann (sie war Sprecherin für "Train of hope" und stand auch im offiziellen Programm der Demo: [2]). Es ist nicht das erste Mal, dass sie versucht, das Bild löschen zu lassen, wie man an ihren Beiträgen sieht, und es wurde ihr bereits ausführlich erklärt, dass die Aufnahme gegen keinerlei Rechte verstößt. Liebe Grüße, --Häferl (talk) 00:04, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

The picture was taken at a public event (demonstration) for which panorama freedom applies in Austria. And Eva Zar staged herself there, she stood on the stage and gave a speech, as you can see from the microphone (she was the spokesperson for "Train of Hope" and was also in the official program of the demo: [3]). It is not the first time that she has tried to have the picture deleted, as you can see in her posts, and it has already been explained to her in detail that the inclusion does not violate any rights. Best regards,

translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 00:30, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

Previous requests:

• Commons:Help desk/Archive/2019/08#REMOVE PHOTO
• Commons:Help desk/Archive/2020/01#REMOVE PHOTO

DMacks (talk) 05:50, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

Mary Ann Young nee McCarthy

I uploaded the photo which comes from NSW State Archives and then I realised that I had mistakenly claimed copywrite for the photo which is not my property. I then tried to upload the photo again without the copywrite logo on the photograph but I was refused. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Carl1939 (talk • contribs) 01:43, 29 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Carl1939: Hi, and welcome. You can edit the file description page to use the right license template.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 01:52, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

When will the results be out.

Ive uploaded my images for the wiki loves monuments contest, when will the results be out? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iamcvijay (talk • contribs) 05:30, 29 September 2020‎ (UTC)

• @Iamcvijay: Each country has a separate contest. Each will announce its results separately. Each contest should have a page of its own. I suggest asking on the talk page of that page for the particular contest you wish to know about. - Jmabel ! talk 16:12, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

How to edit.

How I can edit someone's article if I get his/her news link ??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Souravisonline (talk • contribs) 09:42, 29 September 2020‎ (UTC)

• @Souravisonline: It is hard to tell what you are asking here. This is Wikimedia Commons; we don't have articles, so you might be on the wrong site. Also I have no idea what you mean by "if I get his/her news link". If you could be a lot more specific about what you are trying to do (what article are you trying to edit (please link it)? What change exactly are you trying to make to it?) there is a lot better chance someone can answer you. - Jmabel ! talk 16:15, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

Hello , Jmabel my question is, if someone has wikipedia article thn how I add them on here ?? I need tutorial. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Souravisonline (talk • contribs) 06:45, 4 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@Souravisonline: Hi, and welcome. Where did you get the media you want to add? Our tutorial starts at COM:FS.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 09:49, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

Why I am blocked from updating a picture

The picture is https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_Memorial_Baptist_Church_-_Parish_Hall.JPG

Since this is showing a 19th century residence, and almost no one is interested in the church's 21st century parish hall (there is no article on the church), I want to replace it with a cleaned up version of this image: https://archive.org/details/anastronomerswi00hallgoog/page/n110/mode/2up

which shows the house as it was in the later 19th century, when the couple lived there. It also has the lady of the house (w:Angeline Stickney) on the steps and two black servants at work. Yet I am blocked from replacing it. I don't want to start a new image and have to replace it manually everywhere the old image is used. Thank you. Deisenbe (talk) 09:51, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

@Deisenbe: You haven't really given enough details of the problem for me to work out what went wrong, but happily that doesn't really matter. If you want to change which picture is used on, for instance en:Asaph Hall, you should do that by uploading the picture you want to use with a new name and then editing the page on Wikipedia. Commons tries to avoid imposing its editorial will on other projects, and part of that is our policy on overwriting files. That policy says that files should only be overwritten if the new version is a minor, uncontroversial improvement on the old one. Overwriting File:Alexander Memorial Baptist Church - Parish Hall.JPG with a 19th-century picture would be neither. There are only ten uses of the file, so even replacing all of them should take less time than it's taken me to write this. --bjh21 (talk) 11:04, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

Upload sound files

What do I need to do to upload sound files? Thenamnguyen400 (talk) 12:55, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

• @Thenamnguyen400: Nothing in particular. If they are in a supported format, then they upload just like images. See also Commons:Audio. - Jmabel ! talk 16:17, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

A screenshot of my company's software

Hey! I am working to create a page on my company's software. You may see my COI declaration on my user page. A draft of the page may be found in my sandbox. I have been given permission from my company to upload a screenshot from the software, but I am not sure how to get it in. I have been told that it is OK to license the image. It may also be possible to use a fair use rational, as the image will serve a teaching purpose. Sam at Megaputer (talk) 13:19, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

• @Sam at Megaputer: Either your company can post the page somewhere on its own website and indicate the license there (easiest, if possible; it doesn't have to be a page that is navigable from anywhere else, and you can use "norobots" so Google etc. won't index it) or you can go through the process described at COM:OTRS. - Jmabel ! talk 16:20, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Thanks for the help! I followed your advice and got an image up. If it's not too much trouble, I just have one more question. I want to upload a second image to represent the software in the infobox, but the company would rather not license it. We might also use this similar image, but it is non-preferred because it is less detailed. I'm not sure if the company would let the second image be used under a license, but the answer is probably yes. I'm a bit fuzzy on fair use policy. Do we have any hope of getting the preferred image into the infobox without giving up the copyright? And if not, what about the non-preferred image? Thanks again for all your help. Sam at Megaputer (talk) 18:49, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

@Sam at Megaputer: Hi, and welcome. If you want to upload high resolution logos here on Wikimedia Commons, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept logos of others, and have the logo designer(s) or authorized company representatives post Commons:Licensing compliant permission for such work on their website or social media presence or send the image and permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you. Low resolution logos on English Wikipedia are uploaded there for Fair Use subject to en:WP:F. We do not accept Fair Use files here on Wikimedia Commons. en:Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard gives four options for uploading directly on that project: Click here to start the Upload Wizard on top in the middle; Files for upload process; Plain form for local uploads; and Old guided form (the latter three in the right column under "Wikipedia").   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 01:24, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

@Sam at Megaputer: What you did at File:Convolutional-neural-network-polyanalyst-flowchart-example.png is OK, though it could certainly use more categories, and this sort of image is better presented as an SVG.

Your company should consider that licensing the copyright of an image they can still enforce trademark (we have a tag for that, {{Trademark}}. Frankly, the logo is not original enough that I could actually imagine a copyright claim holding up in court, though a trademark claim presumably would. - Jmabel ! talk 16:38, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback! I have a friend who knows some things about trademark law (she took a class on it). I'll get some more info on that from her. I'll also to go back and improve my last upload. I can tell there's lots to learn here. Sam at Megaputer (talk) 16:47, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

upload images

What is the image size required to upload — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shivajidesai29 (talk • contribs) 14:01, 29 September 2020‎ (UTC)

• @Shivajidesai29: We always want the highest available resolution (but don't upsample!). - Jmabel ! talk 16:23, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

@Shivajidesai29: See also COM:HR.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 01:07, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

Mobile uploading

Hi, if anyone has familiarity with the mobile app, it seems to be blocking me from uploading: Commons talk:Mobile app#Blocked?. Would appreciate a fix soon. --ɱ (talk) 14:15, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Gazivodasee Karte.svg

Hallo,

ich habe die Karte Gazivodasee Karte.svg auf Commons hochgeladen. Mit dem Ausfüllen der Lizenzen habe ich Probleme. Die Daten beruhen auf Openstreetmap. Daher muss 'ODbL OpenStreetMap' hinein. Für die Darstellung der Daten wurde die Seite http://www.openrailwaymap.org verwendet, wobei dort steht, dass eine Nutzung unter 'cc-by-sa-2.0' unter Angabe der Internetadresse zu erfolgen hat. Und Schlussendlich wurden für die Schummerung Daten der NASA verwendet (Schummerung: NASA SRTM). Zuständig hierfür wäre https://www.nasa.gov/. Zusammengebaut wurden die Daten von mir mit dem Programm Inkscape. Wer ist jetzt der Autor und wie bringe ich all die Lizenzen unter?

The same in english:Hello, I have uploaded the map Gazivodasee Karte.svg to Commons. I have problems with filling out the licenses. The data is based on Openstreetmap. Therefore 'ODbL OpenStreetMap' must be included. For the presentation of the data the page http://www.openrailwaymap.org was used, where it says that it has to be used under 'cc-by-sa-2.0' with a link to the internet address. Finally, data from NASA was used for the shading (shading: NASA SRTM). Responsible for this would be https://www.nasa.gov/. The data was assembled by me with the program Inkscape. Who is the author now and how do I place all the licenses?--Salino01 (talk) 14:45, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

I have tried to put all data into the file description. Is it so ok?--Salino01 (talk) 05:36, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

Renaming files

Hello, I've uploaded a couple of images and requested them to be named. I'm not sure if they appear on a list somewhere, or that I have to mention it somewhere. The files are the following:

• File:US4003081A Display systems with controlled color filtering Abstract (1).png
• File:US4003081A Display systems with controlled color filtering Abstract (2).png
• File:US4003081A Display systems with controlled color filtering Abstract (3).png

Greetings, Mikalagrand (talk) 15:43, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

• @Mikalagrand: It looks like you have marked them with {{Rename}}. Someone should get to them in good time. Part of the point of using templates like that is to place them in appropriate categories so that someone will deal with them, rather than clog up pages like the Village pump & Help desk. - 16:28, 29 September 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmabel (talk • contribs)

Use of image on a website

Please can I use an image which has been uploaded on facebook profile if I am given the license? What is the license of an image which has already been used on the internet? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abubakar Balarabe (talk • contribs) 18:58, 29 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Abubakar Balarabe: Hi, and welcome. Exactly which image, from where, and which license, from whom?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 00:41, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding Cinema Coliseum Khartoum 1935

Hello, I would like to upload a photograph Cinema Coliseum Khartoum from 1935. It was taken by a photographer called Karakashian and is currently in the archives of the Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections[4] I found it on Pinterest, and the caption says it was published in 1935 in a British colonial newspaper in Sudan. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/418060777880286124/ As I am not sure, if this picture is in the public domain, I would appreciate any answer on this. Thanks, --Munfarid1 (talk) 22:05, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

See Template:PD-Sudan Zoozaz1 (talk) 22:35, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

How do I establish a GNU Free Documentation License for photos I wish to use in an educational textbook.

Dear Wikipedia Commons, I would like to know the process to establish a GNU Free Documentation license for photos that I have selected for an educational textbook that I have been working on for a long time. Best regards, Dale Pelton dalepelton@sbcglobal.net — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dalepelton (talk • contribs) 00:16, 30 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Dalepelton: Hi, and welcome. Please follow exactly the terms of the specific GFDL licenses for each photo. Which photos are they, or which specific GFDL licenses?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 00:33, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

фото работы

фото загружено, но не отображается — Preceding unsigned comment added by TipaYa (talk • contribs) 07:23, 30 September 2020‎ (UTC) @TipaYa: (via Google translate) Вы не указываете, на каком фото, поэтому вам будет сложно помочь. - Jmabel ! talk 16:50, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

How to correct the spelling of my name of my wikimedia commons account

I have made my account on wikimedia commons with wrong spelling of my name,is there any procedure to correct my name on my account — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sana Syed Ali (talk • contribs) 14:12, 30 September 2020‎ (UTC)

• @Sana Syed Ali: meta:Changing username - Jmabel ! talk 16:48, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

I'm a bot?

I got a message that said I am not a real user. Why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.176.86.245 (talk • contribs) 14:39, 30 September 2020‎ (UTC)

• We would need more context than that to answer. Where did you get a message? From whom? What exactly did it say? - Jmabel ! talk 16:51, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

https://www.facebook.com/lukas.khan.3

Lukas লুকাশ লুকাশ Lukas Lukas লুকাশ Lukasmurari...1995 ★★★★★★★★★★ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lukasmurari (talk • contribs) 16:09, 30 September 2020‎ (UTC)

• If there is a question there, I can't see what it is. - Jmabel ! talk 16:52, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

wiki lubi zabytki

Podczas ładowania zdjęć konkursowych strona nie działa poprawnie Gdy wciskam przycisk "publish files" nic się nie dzieje... Jak mogę załadować zdjęcia konkursowe. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Karolina.zukowska10 (talk • contribs) 16:24, 30 September 2020‎ (UTC)

• @Karolina.zukowska10: You could upload in the normal manner (e.g. with Special:UploadWizard) and then add the tags for the contest. It's unlikely that anyone looking at this page knows anything specific about software custom-created for a particular contest; you'd have to ask on the talk page of the contest. - Jmabel ! talk 16:54, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for this opportunity

I have some difficult to upload the photo any one can help pls? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michaela Demicoli (talk • contribs) 19:15, 30 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Michaela Demicoli: Hi, and welcome. The description you tried to put at /Describe was not associated with any photo. Were you trying to use our Upload Wizard? What were you trying to do when you ran into difficulty, and what error did you see?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 20:23, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

Groom Creek School House

I wanted to upload this picture to the list of National Registry of Historical Places, not join a photo contest. How do I do that?

Yavapai County Arizona, Groom Creek School — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kuhkuhkatie22 (talk • contribs) 07:50, 1 October 2020‎ (UTC)

If you just want to add this image to an article in Wikipedia, you find how to do this in en:Help:Pictures. Ruslik0 (talk) 13:45, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

• @Kuhkuhkatie22: I have no idea how the contest thing got added if you didn't ask for it, but would you like it removed? (or you can feel free to remove Category:Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in the United States unreviewed and Category:Uploaded via Campaign:wlm-us from the file page yourself). - ~~`` — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmabel (talk • contribs) 15:06, 1 October 2020‎ (UTC)

How to change User Name

Hi There,

I would like to change my user name from Persian language to English one. I really appreciate if someone can help me to change my user name from, "علی کسایی فرد " to "AliFard.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by علی کسایی فرد (talk • contribs) 08:33, 1 October 2020‎ (UTC)

You can make a request on Meta: meta:Steward requests/Username changes or meta:Special:GlobalRenameRequest. --Magnus (talk) 09:01, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

problem with uploads

i try upload photos for Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in Egypt

Wiki Loves Monuments: Photograph a monument, help Wikipedia and win! Learn more

every time he gave me this message

An automated filter has identified this edit as potentially unconstructive, and it has been disallowed. If this edit is constructive, please report this error. --Ali Mansour Official (talk) 10:44, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

(Given that the account that asked this has been blocked as a sockpuppet...)

Resolved

I think that this question was replied to adequately based on the supplied information. If you have anything to add or a follow-up question please feel free to replace this box with your comment. This section will be archived after two days. Jmabel ! talk 17:10, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

uploading a text of unknown origin

I have a text, "The Hymn of the Hampshire countryside" that does not appear on the Internet other than where I recently uploaded it to our church website in response to an enquiry. The text is of unknown origin and I can find no reference online to even the title of the text. I want to make it more readily available but the rules for uploading a text don't appear to cover this situation. I don't own copyright and there's no way of finding out who was the author - we've used the text in church for at least seventy years. The text is not published in any known hymn book, only in locally-produce handout form. I believe it should be public domain and that an author - if one were able to track him or her down - would expect this. I can't find guidance on such unattributable text in the help sections? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Horace100 (talk • contribs) 10:59, 1 October 2020‎ (UTC)

I'd put {{PD-old-assumed}} on it if the author is unknown and it's been around for donkey's years. 11:08, 1 October 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rodhullandemu (talk • contribs) 11:08, 1 October 2020‎ (UTC)

Deletion of Emre_tetikel.jpg

Hi Dears Could You Please Tell Me How Can I Upload Emre Tetikel's Image who have given their consent for their image to be published. I'm His Social Manager. Please Guide Me What Option I have to add on the photo that your admins Accept it and doesn't delete it. His Wikipedia In Turkish Today Accepted But The Image Was Deleted. URL: https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emre_Tetikel — Preceding unsigned comment added by Farzam.iman (talk • contribs) 11:42, 1 October 2020‎ (UTC)

You need a permission from the photographer, not from the subject of the image. Ruslik0 (talk) 13:47, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

@Farzam.iman: More precisely, you need a free license issued by the photographer. - Jmabel ! talk 17:12, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Hi Sir, i am the photographer of this image (Emre_Tetikel.jpg), could you Help me how provide more details about need a free license?

@Jmabel: Dear Jmabel, I did a little changes about permission, pls check it and Tell me, is it okay now?

Changing username

Dear Wikimedia commons Help Desk,

Is it possible to change my Wikimedia commons' username (although I want to keep the same e-mail address) ?

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chemsi MESSAOUDI (talk • contribs) 13:29, 1 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@Chemsi MESSAOUDI: You can visit m:Special:GlobalRenameRequest to ask for your account to be renamed. Note that this will change its name across all Wikimedia projects. If that doesn't work, you may need to visit m:Steward requests/Username changes. --bjh21 (talk) 13:35, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

Upload with no NAME

Dear help desk, I have just uploaded 169 files to Commons via Pattypan, but oh shock, I noticed (even after testing) too late that the filename did not reach my PattyPan file, and now there is hardly any info in the filename, see: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:NMVW_files_concerning_Bukittinggi_2020-09 Though the other info is there, it may make these items hard to find. Can they be deleted, so I can re-upload them WITH the proper name?

looking forward to a smart solution best Richard (Riezelaar) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Riezelaar (talk • contribs) 15:04, 1 October 2020‎ (UTC)

• @Riezelaar: Is it actually quicker for you if we delete them all than for you to write rename requests into each of the file descriptions? - Jmabel ! talk 15:17, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
• Or is there someone with a tool that can do a mass rename? - Jmabel ! talk 15:17, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

  Been some time since I used User:Perhelion/massrename.js but it should work just fine. --Minorax^talk 15:36, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

  Taking into account that there isn't any similarities in the current file names, it'll be hard to actually use the tool. Unless the extension (.jpg) can be used as the "find" in "find-and-replace". --Minorax^talk 15:38, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

  I have tried to use that js but never saw the interface. :(   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 15:43, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

Deleting them would (at least for me) be the easiest thing to do, as I have the correct upload file for Pattypan at hand. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Riezelaar (talk • contribs) 11:57, October 1, 2020 (UTC)

@Riezelaar: done. You can re-upload them whenever you're ready. clpo13_(talk) 19:35, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you so much! doing it right now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Riezelaar (talk • contribs) 19:47, 1 October 2020‎ (UTC)

Resolved

I think that this question was replied to adequately based on the supplied information. If you have anything to add or a follow-up question please feel free to replace this box with your comment. This section will be archived after two days.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 10:04, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Richard Jewell Durrell - Picture

I would like to upload a picture of Richard Jewell Durrell to his Wikiepdia page. https://www.startribune.com/obituaries/detail/10910094/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by SteveBacheler (talk • contribs) 15:41, 1 October 2020‎ (UTC)

• There does not appear to be a page en:Richard Jewell Durrell, en:Richard Durrell, or en:Richard J. Durrell, so first you would have to create such a page and have it accepted (assuming that by "Wikiepdia page" you meant a page on the English-language Wikipedia).
• I'm guessing that you do not own the copyright of that photo, so to upload it on Commons you would need to find out who owns the copyright and get them to free-license it. Frankly, you are very unlikely to succeed in doing that.
• Once an article is on the English-language Wikipedia, you could follow the policy laid out at en:Wikipedia:Non-free content and upload the file to the English-language Wikipedia. This would not involve Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 00:35, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Wiki loves Monuments ID

I have uploaded today a picture to Wikimedia Zalongo.300626.png and would now like to take part in the "Wiki loves Monuments" photo contest.

I also know the appropriate "Wiki loves Monuments ID", it is GR-D34-0027 but - help - HOW and WHERE do I enter this ID, I cannot find the location of this field ...

Thank you for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HaTe (talk • contribs) 18:10, 1 October 2020‎ (UTC)

• Convenience link: File:Zalongo.300626.png. - Jmabel ! talk 00:37, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Can I upload a portrait of a public figure?

The picture is found on this link. This is a portrait of a government official in China, it seems very official so I thought that it should be fine. But I couldn't find any copyright information on it so I'd like to ask to make sure. Thanks! http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/leaders/2018-03/18/c_1122555001.htm — Preceding unsigned comment added by Strawberry930 (talk • contribs) 22:59, 1 October 2020‎ (UTC)

• If you cannot find any copyright information, then presumably it is copyrighted, not free-licensed, and therefore not OK for Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 00:39, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:CAD Exchanger GUI.png

Hello, I did not create this file myself, it is the company's logo published online. That's why I specifies where I found it: a link to the web page where I got it (https://cadexchanger.com/).

But I got the message that I need to provide proof that it has a license that is acceptable for Commons (e.g. usually a link to the terms of use for content from that page) and an appropriate license tag. But I don't know where to get it. What should I do in this case?

--MariaFrida (talk) 10:41, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

@MariaFrida: Hi, and welcome. You should stop uploading unfree content and read COM:L.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 13:24, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

I want to remove my content from wikimedia

Please, remove my image from Wikimedia. It was just a contest. I don't wanna give away my image.

Please remove as soon as possible

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_cidade_de_Resende_RJ,_aos_p%C3%A9s_da_Serra_da_Mantiqueira.jpg

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2804:d41:823e:cc00:c0a5:420c:2f9f:742c (talk • contribs)

@Pedro Luz Fotografia: Sorry, that's not a good enough reason.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 15:16, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

You published it under Creative Commons License five years ago. Didn't you read the licensing conditions before doing so? Kind of late to retract now. --217.239.10.247 23:14, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Porque al cargar mis Imágenes me aparece como que no las puedo subir?

me termina apareciendo el Mensaje de No Pudimos Determinar si este Archivo es Adecuado para Wikimedia Commons. Solo arge Fotos que Hayas Tomado Usted Mismo con su Cámara o Vea Qué mas es Aceptable. Consulte la Guía para Asegurarse de que el Archivo Sea Aceptable y Aprenda a Cargarlo en Wikimedia Commons, el archivo que quiero cargar es la portada de mi negocio en posadas misiones veanlo aparece coo miniaturadeimagenen Https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_4_(Misiones) y solo quiero agragar este logo https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uKbQoFa3-C8/XsSTH5tgotI/AAAAAAAAv3s/RIHf0s5Wnxk5DF58GsDzQXhGACVSIIkEwCK4BGAYYCw/s150/logo%2B25%2Ba%25C3%25B1os%2B754x514.png

I have a picture taken at a qualifying monument. It has a child in it. Figures prominently in the picture, but from the back so cannot be identified. It was during a historic re-enactment which the child was a costumed participant. Again. Photographed from the back. Cannot be identified. I have never done this before, decided to clear out my folders during this month's contest. But every step has been a challenge. For example, the username "No Usernames Available" was unavailable, as well as 1,209 other usernames I tried. Looks like I can attach it here for comment maybe.

File:CO-BentsFortNHM-24-Bent.jpg

Is this picture allowed?

Well, I think I inserted it, but I can't see it. So I have no idea if anyone else can see it to answer my question.

Maybe I already asked this. I am trying to find out about releases when people are in a picture. Is a release needed if the person is photographed from the back and not identifiable? I have found nothing on the questions of releases for pictures of people. At all.

Also, I have no idea how to find my way back to see if anybody has answered any questions that I have asked. You don't make this easy! I read dozens of pages that have nothing to do with what I want to know. Search doesn't turn up anything useful. FAQ doesn't have anything relevant either. So I guess I'll keep asking questions, but never find out if there are answers. You do not make this easy.

Now what? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Largely Forgotten (talk • contribs)

@Largely Forgotten: There's no reason why this image cannot be here, but it would benefit from a location category, some geocoding and an explanation of the image. I also note there's no EXIF data in the image, but I have assumed you took the photograph. Rodhullandemu (talk) 19:12, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

File:Zinc8 Schematic.png

Hello,

I am the original owner of the image File.Zinc8 Schematic.png, but you are asking me to edit the file description and add the missing information, or the file may be deleted. The picture can also be found online here: https://www.zinc8energy.com/media/downloads/presentation.pdf What's the best way to write the copyright or the ownership?

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Roberto Orendain (talk • contribs) 22:52, 2 October 2020‎ (UTC)

• @Roberto Orendain: I assume you mean File:Zinc8 schematic.png
• As for permissions, this is one of those cases where the COM:OTRS process, though cumbersome, may be the clearest way to do this. The other possibility would be to indicate the license for the image in the PDF & update that online at www.zinc8energy.com, but it still wouldn't necessarily clarify that the image is original to your company.
• Other information that should be provided:
  1. An actual description in the "description" field. Repeating the title is not a description.
  2. Relevant categories

- Jmabel ! talk 00:40, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

• Further discussion should probably be at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Zinc8 schematic.png. I've linked the above exchange there. - Jmabel ! talk 00:43, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Why does text in SVG files get messed up?

One frustrating hour ago, I uploaded File:Map of Pashto-speaking areas in Afghanistan and Pakistan.svg. It looks alright in my browser, as well as the one other program I checked. However, when I upload it here, the automatically generated raster image (which I take will be the one actually displayed in articles where this image will be used), is messed up: look at the text at the bottom. Now, a contributing factor is that the GIS software I used has the annoying habit of exporting text as a series of separate objects, one for each letter. But that gets displayed alright everywhere else but on Commons. Here, the rendering engine apparently decides to ignore the coordinates of those objects and instead bunch them all one on top of the other. Why is this happening, and is there a work-around? I remember something similar happening the last time I had the foolishness to upload a map here (was it last year?) and the tricks I thought had worked then, now didn't. Why is this happening, and is there any work-around? Uanfala (talk) 01:30, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

@Uanfala: Hi, have you reviewed Help:SVG? If that doesn't help, I suggest you ask at Commons:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 09:06, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Photo contest

Thought I uploaded picture.

Did not receive conformation email at wrogergw@aol.com.

I am new, could easily have been my error. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DinoFlintstone5 (talk • contribs) 01:33, 3 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@DinoFlintstone5: Hi, and welcome. We don't generally send confirmation email messages upon upload, but your sole upload is listed on Special:ListFiles/DinoFlintstone5.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 08:51, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Bezubaan.jpg

--AmrozRomaanvi (talk) 11:33, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi User:AmrozRomaanvi,

Quite simply, you cannot upload that file here. It is owned by the studio or network. They have not released it under an open license. DMacks (talk) 11:47, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

@AmrozRomaanvi: Hi, and welcome. What made you think it was more free the 2nd time you uploaded it?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 11:49, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Question from Largely Forgotten

Yesterday, I uploaded some pictures. I never did this before, so it took awhile to sort it out. But I did get it to work. It took many, many tries to find a username not already taken. They say "Read the FAQ, but I have a well-developed ability to get questions which are NOT frequently asked, I guess." Run into malfunctions that are not covered. Some such.

The last batch of pix I tried, last night, didn't work. I went through all the steps - several times - and when I clicked "publish files" nothing happened. Rebooted a couple times, even. Gave up for the night.

This morning? Same thing. Except now the websites for National Register of Historic Properties is simply not working 404 error. Ditto on the National Park Service. There's other ways to get the numbers, and I've tried again today. But nothing. Same problem.

This particular location does not yet have its own wiki page. There is one other picture of the location up, so it shouldn't be impossible.

Link, I'm trying to do Willow Creek Park, the last one on the list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Prowers_County,_Colorado

Here's one I did yesterday which came out OK, just to show I'm not 100% incompetent:

Anyhow, I'm posting a question. But I think I'm lost in a cave or a labyrinth. No one will notice and there will be no replies.

I have no idea what to do about this. I guess I'll try a different location which actually has a wiki page. Maybe that will help.

But WTF is up with NPS and National Historic sites being dead as a doornail?

Wish me luck. Tilting at windmills with no one to help. Sigh.

I guess I can try a different browser, too.

Sigh. It would be lovely to interact with someone who knows what's up, but apparently that's not an option. Or at least I have not found it.

Sigh.

I just posted a question. But I cannot find it. I see other people's questions, some with replies. I put mine up, I thought. But it has vanished.

I just wanted to post some pictures. Do I have to take a three-month course to figure the place out well enough to post some pictures of National Register of Historic Places for this month's contest? But the contest only lasts one month.

I guess this question will disappear, too, so I kind of wonder why I am bothering.

My username is "Largely Forgotten", which took a few hours until I could find which was not already taken. Maybe you reject questions without names. But if I'm logged it, wouldn't it show automatically that I posted it?

I post another question. It disappears. I have no idea how to get any answers.

Why do you make it so impenetrable? Do you really want me to post pictures, or do you only want to make me burn up a couple days of time with little but frustration as a result.

I tried clicking for "Live Chat" - that doesn't help either. It's a place where I can potentially get assistance in getting this place to work? But NO! I have to sign up for a totally different system and figure out how that works before I can expect any answers as to why I suddenly can't upload pictures any more, after successfully uploading a couple dozen? Then it quit? I can't find those pictures I uploaded either, so maybe they disappeared, too.

This photo contest is a wonderful way to waste time and get frustrated it is starting to look like. No I'm not going to create an account on a totally different unfamiliar system.

Very frustrating! Are you sure you are actually seeking picture uploads? Starting to wonder. You sure don't make it easy.

"Largely Forgotten", a screen name it took a long time to find. That's who is posting this.

How will I ever know if anyone ever replies? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Largely Forgotten (talk • contribs)

Is there actually any help? I have posted many questions. I do not even know where they went. How could I find any answers if I do not know where the questions go?

I only signed up yesterday. To upload photos for the contest. Worked OK for awhile. Now won't work. Many hours wasted trying to figure out what's wrong. No idea how to get answers.

I even tried the livechat but it called me a spammer within seconds of trying to post something. Under a username I never heard of. Dead end.

This shouldn't be so hard, people. Room for improvement.

Username: Largely Forgotten — Preceding unsigned comment added by Largely Forgotten (talk • contribs) 19:08, 3 October 2020‎ (UTC)

Did I do this mass deletion request correctly?

Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Zeetelas Thanks, Krok6kola (talk) 17:49, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Yup. DMacks (talk) 18:13, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Nothing will upload for the picture contest, dagnabbit!

I posted before. I don't know where the questions go, or how to know if I get any replies or suggestions. But I cannot get pictures to upload for this month's photo contest.

Mind you, I successfully put up about 40 yesterday, and then it quit. Maybe it's just the upload wizard? I put up about 40 pictures yesterday. But the Upload Wizard goes through everything, then "Publish Files" doesn't work. No error message, no nothing. As if I never clicked on anything.

After posted questions, and then not knowing where they went, I tried the live chat. I learned that the uploads, because they include the NRHP #, also do an interaction with the National Register of Historic Places website. That website has been down this morning. I found other places to locate the right number for the uploads. But maybe that's not enough.

The nice person on the chat tried to help, but it's possible the problem is with NRHP, not fixable from this end. Tried all kinds of reboots, clearing cache, more than one browser. At one point, I was able to upload one picture during that chat, which was nice. Not exactly a fix, but one at a time is something. I said "thanks!" and went on my way. But now I cannot even get a single picture to upload, nevermind the multiples.

Is anybody else having this problem? Does anybody ever read these questions? Are there ever any responses? Am I wasting my time? Yesterday, I uploaded most of the pictures on this page:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2020_in_Colorado

Today? Except for a couple I got up one at a time, nothing. Am I the only one experiencing this? Has anybody else noticed it? Is anybody even posting pictures now? Kinda has a negative impact on the contest, eh?

User: Largely Forgotten — Preceding unsigned comment added by Largely Forgotten (talk • contribs) 22:18, 3 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@Largely Forgotten: Hi, and welcome. I see 47 images in Category:Images from Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in Colorado. I see you uploaded 4 today and more yesterday, listed in Special:ListFiles/Largely Forgotten (your files) and your upload log. Thank you for uploading them. As a brand-new user of Commons with 28 hours and 59 edits under your belt, you may be hitting some uploading rate limits until your account is autoconfirmed 4 days after you registered. Those limits are designed to cap cleanup efforts for brand-new users, I'm sorry if they impacted you. Please don't gloss over any upload errors you receive, they are important indicators. Which uploading tool have you been using?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 22:53, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Hanbin I-LAND profile photo.png

--Mzuccardo (talk) 04:02, 4 October 2020 (UTC) I believe that I uploaded this file in the wrong place, and I need it to be deleted.

@Mzuccardo: Hi, and welcome. I tagged it as a copyright violation. Also, you uploaded it less than six hours ago, so you should be able to tag it {{G7}} successfully. In addition, please sign at the end of your post.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 09:22, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

Jeff G. had no right to delete public domain pictures, especially in the dark of night with zero discussion

This is a LOUSY WAY TO THREAT A NEW USER I got an account the day before yesterday. My specific purpose was to post pictures for the Historic Places contest. I wake up this morning to find someone marked some for deletion. I can't figure out how to comment or discuss, being brand new. I wanted to discuss the matter. But Jeff G. moves quickly, and my pictures were already deleted. Within hours, while I was sleeping. I did not get a chance to defend my work. I could not figure out how to respond when the email said to go there to "discuss." Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Largely_Forgotten I didn't know how to comment there, so I thought I'd comment on the picture directly, to explain why Jeff. G. was DEAD WRONG about the copyright. So I went to the page with my uploads, to find the pictures and put an explanation there. THESE WORKS OF ART ARE PUBLIC DOMAIN The Post Office Murals are found all over the country. They were placed in newly built post offices, and already existing post offices. The work was paid for by taxpayer monies and were public domain from the first day they were created. The objection that the artist only died in 1962 is simply wrong. And I have been treated poorly that they were removed without even having a chance to discuss it. I don't know how to comment on the notice that was sent to me by an algorithm. And I don't know any way to to send a message to Jeff G. who played executioner without so much as a single appeal. Jeff G., why don't you come out of the shadows and defend yourself for killing my photos of public domain artwork. Created by government jobs program during the Great Depression. Jeff G., you are ignorant on this point. I do not appreciate my work being vanquished during the dark of night. Jeff G., I do not appreciate not having a chance to defend myself. Jeff G., you were DEAD WRONG to delete pictures that are in the public domain. Jeff G., how about having the decency to have a little discussion about this before you eliminated my contributions. Jeff G., it's a lousy way to treat anyone. Inexcusable with a brand new user. Jeff G., just because I am a new user, it does not mean you know better than me. Jeff G., I could call you out in big letters right here if I knew how. Jeff G., you owe me an apology and those pictures should be undeleted.